Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is a UK-based, Norwegian-owned cruise shipping
line with four cruise ships. The company headquarters are in Ipswich, Suffolk,
in the United Kingdom, and is owned by Bonheur and Ganger Rolf. The company is
part of the Fred. Olsen Group.

The company originated in Hvitsten, a small town on Oslofjord in
Norway, in 1848 by three Olsen brothers, Fredrik Christian, Petter and Andras,
who bought their first ships and began an international shipping company. The
company is now into the fifth generation of the family and operates various
companies skilled within the cruise and passenger shipping trade, as well as
aviation, ships' crewing, ship building and offshore industries. The Fred. Olsen
group also has business interests in the luxury hotel sector, estate management,
property development and electronics companies.